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Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp May 1Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is in May!
Students consider the portrayal of Asians in popular culture by exploring images from classic and contemporary films and comparing them to historical and cultural reference materials.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp February 9Author Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944.
After students read the novel The Color Purple, dialect is discussed and students write a short piece of fiction or poetry using the dialect of their peer group.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp August 5Author Amy Tan was born today in 1952
Students watch an excerpt of an interview with Tan and apply some of her principles to writing a story of their own.

Classroom Resources | Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp March 6Author Gabriel García Márquez was born on this day.
Students take place in a collaborative creative writing activity to begin to understand the hallmarks of the literary style known as magical realism.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp December 9Author Joel Chandler Harris was born in 1848.
Students study how regional dialect is written phonetically by reading a segment of Harris' story, as well as two others, and compare them using the Interactive Venn Diagram.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp October 23Author Laurie Halse Anderson was born today.
Laurie Halse Anderson, the New York Times-bestselling author who is known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity, was born on this day in 1961.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp April 28Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.
Mysteries are shared with students for them to solve and brainstorm the attributes of a good mystery. Small groups then compose short mysteries using the Mystery Cube.

Classroom Resources | Grades 8 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp February 9Author Matt de la Peña was born today.
Students use an essay by de la Peña as a model for writing their own literacy autobiography.

Classroom Resources | Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp October 1Author Tim O'Brien was born on this day.
After reading O'Brien's story "A True War Story" from The Things They Carried, students choose a powerful event from their own lives and map it using the Timeline Tool. They then create a fictional version of this event.